DA demands answers after government spent R3.2m on Geneva ‘jol’
Labour & employment department told to focus on helping SA's 10-million unemployed
31 July 2019 - 21:52
The DA is demanding answers after the department of labour & employment spent millions of taxpayers' money to send a large delegation to a 12-day International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in June.
The 62-member delegation, which included President Cyril Ramaphosa, was considered the largest delegation from any country and included officials from the newly reconfigured employment & labour department and other stakeholders, such as trade unions and the business fraternity...
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